I heart Books (Dorky, but true)

Have you ever gotten your heart broken by a book?  You were rooting so hard for the heroine but she still turned left instead of right, you saw the disaster, she saw the disaster...but she went anyway, and it was all downhill, no redemption, no happy ending...what about the star crossed lovers?  The ones in every good story...the girl and boy better off apart, though aching to be together...what about the parent that has to let their child go....the man who just couldnt not, would not help himself and wound up alone....those stories that you invest so deeply in a character, put all your heart and hope into for a few hours, a few pages to be torn apart, let down...broken.  What about when a story you love is finally over?  Where will you go next?  How do you fill the hole in your day? in your heart?  And OH, what if another book in the series unexpectedly comes out, and on PAGE 1 you find out the characters you loved made poor choices, fell apart, when astray from the path YOU picked out for them?  I'll tell you what i do....throw the book, slam it down, pout, refuse to read more, read ANY FURTHER!!!  All over a book...a place where, for a short time, you lay your heart down between each word, each plot; a place where, when the book closes, your heart breaks just a bit.

~Kim